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Inflation, asset prices, interest rates: what the ECB’s agenda means for investors, borrowers and Irish banks

February 11, 2020 5:45 am Published by Peter Kinsella

In January, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde held her second interest rate setting meeting. The results of the... View Article

February 10, 2020 5:42 am Published by Ian Kehoe

Policy choices shape outcomes. And outcomes either reinforce the status quo or deliver change. That change can be radical or... View Article

February 6, 2020 5:34 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

There is a right bang of 2007 off this election. There’s a whiff of 1977 about it, too. The economy... View Article

February 4, 2020 5:55 am Published by Constantin Gurdgiev

Panics are the one feature of the financial world, where behavioural biases of investors and traders ebb and flow from... View Article

February 3, 2020 5:42 am Published by Patrick Honohan

Although January 31, 2020 will be inscribed in the history books, not much has yet changed for Ireland in practical... View Article

January 31, 2020 5:55 am Published by Tom McGurk

At lunchtime on Monday, January 16, 1922, three loaded taxis sped from the Mansion House to Dublin Castle. Due to... View Article

January 31, 2020 5:34 am Published by Eoin O'Shea

It is not uncommon for investment products to be arranged so that a tax benefit increases the financial returns available. ... View Article

January 30, 2020 5:26 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

Cutting the Cake When I was a kid, and our parents were in a good mood, they would buy a... View Article

January 28, 2020 5:20 am Published by Tom Lyons

Former rugby international Jamie Heaslip slips onto his seat on a bench in Bread41, a coffee shop and bakery, under... View Article

January 28, 2020 5:08 am Published by John Looby

The exceptional rally in global stock markets continued last year. The gain of 30 per cent in the MSCI World... View Article